Valkyrie - The Vampire Princess

Chapter 39

Chapter 39

At that moment I walked toward the halls of the castle. The silence was a constant presence there. I locked my steps and put my hand on the wall, trying to keep my body up. I felt weakness. I needed blood. I needed to consume the blood of the 'pre- vampires'.

My thirst for blood was such that I was having mirages of blood everywhere, on the wall, the ceiling and on the floor.

After that I decided to go through the door that separated my father's castle from the 'pre- vampires' town.

I disobeyed my father's orders. He told me I should always be accompanied by someone and I should never walk alone there. I paced through the deserted streets of the place and saw no creature walking by me. In that case I continued my journey. I was attentive to everything around me, and then I looked from one side to another as I still was apprehensive at my surroundings.

Forward I saw a nightclub, a kind of club.

There were several of them. I did not think I would be running a risk of going in there. I thought only of blood. I stopped walking at the nightclub door and put my black hood over my head to hide my face. My eyes had changed color and my teeth grew out so I easily sensed the smell of blood.

My eyes closed at all and breathed deeply to better feel the irresistible aroma of blood.

Finally I plucked up the courage and entered the site through the main door.

It was a dark and narrow place. It was packed with pre- vampires. They would gather there to dance and drink. They had the same human needs. I slowly infiltrated the crowd, looking straight, so they would not notice my face. Further along there was a female pre- vampire doing acrobatics on a swing fixed to the ceiling. She was in little clothing. It was part of her show to let her coveted body be seen.

Several creatures paid attention to her show. I continued walking and stopped in an aisle where there were only two creatures talking together. I thought that was a suitable place to satisfy my appetite for blood. I remained standing in the corner waiting for the right moment to strike.

But I was waiting for my prey to be alone. I had no practice in hunting the animals. When I did it the first time I was in the company of my father.

Everything had been perfect.

At that moment I looked at the entrance to the aisle and saw another creature approaching me. It didn't seem to be one of them, that is, a pre- vampire.

Its face was covered like mine. There was a black hood on its head.

I turned my face down and stared at the floor. It was a way I found to go on unnoticed by the stranger approaching. But it did not help me because the figure in black stopped walking in my direction, very close, and then I could see its dark shoes. I had no desire to raise my head up and see what it was.

Consequently I thought I had been discovered. I just did not yet know by whom. It was when a withdrawn voice revealed to me the owner of it.

"Valkyrie!"

Before long I lifted my face and stared up at its face, its gaze more precisely.

That was the only look that had the power to intimidate me, so I did not react. My thoughts began noticing the forms of his face.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, surprised. His gray eyes ran on my image in black. "Are you alone?"

"I need blood ..." I responded. My throat almost closed.